barb
/bɑː(ɹ)b/ verb C2- To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
- To cut (hair).
He/she/it barbs · Past barbed · Past participle barbed · -ing form barbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- barb
- He/she/it
- barbs
- Past
- barbed
- Past participle
- barbed
- -ing form
- barbing
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